Question

4. In the following two sketches you will see two students perform a translation in two different ways. In order to find the translated triangle, each student is using a

different property of translation which is not explicitly stated in the definition of translation. Explain which property each student is using and why the performed procedure yields the desired triangle. triangle.Would the same processes be useful if we were looking for an image of a figure under rotations or reflections? Explain why or why not.

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